• Codex@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Reminds me of D&D how the party can have a full strategy session between rounds like the Lich King can’t hear them and also took a 10 minute breather between spells. I do occasionally as DM remind people that they’re in the middle of a fight, especially when analysis paralysis sets in.

    A lot of comics and cartoons stretch time a bit for talking. Jojo really abuses the concept though, they’ll pause mid-punch for a legit science lecture!

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        11 months ago

        I had one DM fight the absurd amounts of time combat took by instituting a minute rule: if you can’t describe your entire planned actions in a minute, you forfeit your turn.

        There were lots of common-sense exceptions, but in general combat felt more like actual combat, and the whole thing felt more like an action-oriented story than a football game (where more time is spent planning the action than executing the action)